Work & commute · Bishop

Work & commute in Bishop, CA

43% of Bishop’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Mammoth Lakes (7%), Fresno (3%) and Independence (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

746 of 1,736 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 990 Bishop residents head out of town to work, 746 work right here, and 2,617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bishop.

990live here, work elsewhere

746live and work here

2,617work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bishop goes to work

Bishop (in town)right here

43%746

Mammoth Lakes36.9 mi away

7%117

Fresno87 mi away

3%44

Independence38.6 mi away

2%38

West Bishop4.2 mi away

2%36

Dixon Lane-MeadowCreek1.6 mi away

2%35

Bridgeport75.7 mi away

1%25

Sacramento186.6 mi away

1%22

Bakersfield143.6 mi away

1%22

San Jose187.7 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%630

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bishop commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

57%

10%

31%

57%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bishop is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bishop are

3,363 jobs are based in Bishop. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bishop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bishop

3,363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bishop residents hold

1,736 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Bishop, 2013 → 2023: 3,376 → 3,363. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.